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Wal-Mart scholarship winnersTo offset rising tuition costs, the Wal-Mart Foundation recently awarded $225,000 in academic scholarships to 75 Virginia students as part of its Sam Walton community Scholarship Fund. Each student will receive a $3,000 Sam

Wal-Mart scholarship winners

To offset rising tuition costs, the Wal-Mart Foundation recently awarded $225,000 in academic scholarships to 75 Virginia students as part of its Sam Walton community Scholarship Fund.

Each student will receive a $3,000 Sam Walton Community Scholarship to use toward tuition, fees, books, and on-campus room and board for the 2009-2010 academic year.

From the Tri-City area, two students received the $3,000 scholarships - Robert Hatch from Prince George High School in Prince George County and Alexander Chan from Thomas Dale High School in Chesterfield.

Local cadet makes Dean's List

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Cadet William Tanner Bishop of the Church Road area of Dinwiddie County achieved Dean's List status at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, for the spring semester of the 2008-2009 academic year. Bishop is seeking a BS in business administration.

Dean's List recognition is given to those cadets and active duty military students registered for 12 or more semester hours whose grade point ratio is 3.2 or higher with no grade below a C for the previous semester's work.

Bishop is the son of Mrs. and Mrs. William Edwin Bishop III.

Nicholas Bandy graduates from Hampton-Sydney

HAMPDEN-SYDNEY - Nicholas L. Bandy was among the 216 men who graduated on Sunday, May 16, at commencement exercises marking the end of the 234th academic year at Hampden-Sydney.

Bandy graduated summa cum laude with a BS in chemistry and Spanish. He is a graduate of St. Christopher's School and is the son of Tom Bandy of Colonial Heights and Lori Bandy of Richmond.

Brandi N. Berry graduates from Bridgewater College

BRIDGEWATER - Brandi N. Berry was among the 288 students in the Class of 2009 of Bridgewater College. Berry is from Colonial Heights and majored in business administration.

Pinning reception

CHESTER AND MIDLOTHIAN - Four John Tyler Community College students were among the 13 graduate candidates honored during the Virginia Community College System Commonwealth Nursing Program's (CNP) pinning reception held May 9 at JTCC's Midlothian campus.

The CNP, a consortium of four colleges (JTCC, Blue Ridge Community College, Germanna Community College and Virginia Western Community College) is a fast-paced program that combines online nursing courses with traditional clinical rotations.

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